Three Watford FC fans handed banning orders in 2025/26

Vicarage Road <i>(Image: PA)</i>
Vicarage Road (Image: PA)
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New Home Office data has revealed that three Watford FC fans were handed football banning orders during the 2025/26 season.

The figures were published this morning (July 23) and provide information for every club in England's top five divisions.

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The club's three bans is slightly down on the four that were meted out during the 2024/25 term.

The total number of Hornets supporters who are currently banned stands at 16, down slightly on this time last year.

Birmingham City and Millwall tied for the most bans in the Championship with 17, while at the other end of the scale just one Swansea City fan received a football banning order.

Nationally, 568 new banning orders were recorded during the season, a 17 per cent drop from the previous season.

However, the number of currently active banning orders is 2,460 - the highest figure since the end of the 2011/12 season.

Liverpool had the most new bans with 37, while Merseyside rivals Everton had 31 and West Ham had 30.

West Ham remain the club with the most active bans - 121 - with Chelsea, Manchester United, Manchester City and Liverpool rounding out the top five.

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